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- ↑ Review of Vogel, Gericke, and Reich's edition of Tropfke's work by Michael S. Mahoney, Isis, 1981, JSTOR 231202
- ↑ Review of Maß, Zahl und Gewicht by Walter Purkert, MR 1019830; review by U. Lindgren, Sudhoffs Archiv, 1991, JSTOR 20777350
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- ↑ Review of Carl Friedrich Gauß und Russland by Ivo Schneider, MR 2896684; review by I. Grattan-Guinness British Journal for the History of Science, 2012, JSTOR 23275462
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